It is important to preserve communication between Belarusians and Europe while pressuring the Lukashenko regime to change its repressive and aggressive policies

The position of the United Transitional Cabinet regarding the strengthening of pressure on the Lukashenko regime in order to change its internal repressive and external aggressive policies was presented by the Deputy Head of the Cabinet, head of the NAM, Pavel Latushka, during a meeting with Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, Piotr Zgorzelski. The meeting was also attended by speaker of the Coordination Council, Artsiom Brukhan.

During the meeting, Pavel Latushka noted that Poland’s decision to close border crossings will, among other things, have an impact on limiting the sources of funding for the repressive apparatus used by the Lukashenko regime against the Belarusian people, and will also restrict the resources allocated by Lukashenko to support aggression against Ukraine.

At the same time, the Deputy Head of the Cabinet emphasized that for the UTC it is important to preserve the opportunities for communication between Belarusians and Europe to maintain interpersonal contacts between Belarusians and citizens of European countries, noting that the majority of Belarusians support democratic changes in the country and do not support aggression against Ukraine.

Separately, during the meeting, the need to advocate for the release of all political prisoners was discussed, among whom is the leader of the Polish minority in Belarus, Andrzej Poczobut.

Pavel Latushka informed about the approaches being developed by the Cabinet for organizing a national dialogue aimed at exiting the deep internal political crisis in the country and preserving Belarusian statehood and independence.

The Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, representing in parliament one of the parties in the governing coalition — the Polish Peasant Party, expressed readiness to support the democratic forces of Belarus and the institutions in their activities, including a willingness for broad communication with representatives of his party in the Polish government as well as with Members of the European Parliament on the Belarusian issue.

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